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Paris: Fresh protests swept across France on Saturday, October 24, as demonstrators returned to the streets over rising living costs, education funding and inequality. Clashes erupted in Paris and several other cities, prompting police to fire tear gas and deploy water cannons as authorities attempted to prevent a repeat of the violence witnessed a week earlier. French police arrested nearly 1,000 people during the latest demonstrations, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said. The government had deployed 70,000 security personnel nationwide as President Emmanuel Macron faced mounting pressure to restore order ahead of the presidential election scheduled in six months. Here are…

President Donald Trump has indicated that the United States (US) could resume strikes on Iran this Sunday, as the two sides fail to arrive on a consensus for a peace deal to end the conflict that began on February 28. The 80-year-old Republican leader who is in his second term at the White House also defended his administration's action against the Middle East nation, while lauding the military for doing an 'amazing job' on the ground. "Do you really think I'd tell you that? Maybe tomorrow...There's a possibility I will. There's also a possibility we'll have a nice, big, beautiful…

Even as Starlink services were restored in Ukraine following days of tensions with the United States (US), SpaceX founder Elon Musk said on Saturday that Kyiv had it for offensive operations that should never be allowed, as it remains a civilian commercial service. Musk, the world's first trillionaire, said Starlink should never be allowed for offensive drone strikes to kill people, accusing Ukraine's military of violating its terms of service, forcing him to slowdown it services. However, he underlined that Starshield is controlled by the US government, and it is up to them "what they decide to do" with it.…

The situation largely escalated in the Middle East on Saturday after Saudi Arabia claimed that the Houthis targeted Mecca and Medina, but the Yemen-based group denied targeting the Islam's holiest cities.  The Saudis claimed the Houthis fired two intercepted ballistic missiles on Mecca and Medina, but they were intercepted by the air defence; although the falling debris damaged some buildings. "Civil defence in the Mecca and Medina regions began to respond to the falling debris from the interception of two ballistic missiles launched by the terrorist Houthi militia," said the General Directorate of Saudi Civil Defense on X (formerly Twitter).…

Paris: Fresh agitation erupted in France on Saturday and protesters and police clashed in Paris with tear gas fired and projectiles thrown, at the tail end of demonstrations in the capital and elsewhere that the French government says have drawn 410,000 demonstrators nationwide. Significantly, Paris saw the largest protest on Saturday, with the interior ministry estimating that 110,000 took part in a march on the city's southeastern edge that started peacefully but is ending with violence. Police fire tear gas at protesters To bring the situation under control, police have fired volleys of tear gas and are also using water…

Air India and Air India Express on Saturday extended the cancellation of their flights connecting Riyadh and Dammam till November 7, while services to Jeddah will remain suspended till October 31. IndiGo and Akasa Air cancel services to Saudi Apart from this, IndiGo and Akasa Air have also cancelled their services to Saudi Arabian cities amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the region and attacks at airports in the Gulf country. "In view of the prevailing situation in the region, Air India and Air India Express flights to and from Riyadh and Dammam will remain suspended until 7 November 2026, while…